Sales data providers: List of U.S. active retailers

Sales data providers: List of U.S. active retailers

CONNECT receives direct product sales data from thousands of retailers in the U.S. and Canada every day. We track physical and digital music sales across the retail spectrum, from indie record stores and concert merch tables to big-box chains and e-commerce giants. 


Reporting requirements 

We add retail providers that register with us and meet our reporting criteria. Approved retailers send us daily or weekly data transfers from a point of sale system. Inactive (non-reporting) retailers may be asked to reapply and repeat the onboarding process. 


See below for a list of major U.S. retailers in CONNECT. If you have questions about our sales data, check Methodology FAQs.






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Activity reported by retailers 

Retailers report sales totals at the Product (ICPN/barcode) level. In addition to the number of units sold, we collect data on how people buy musical products: store type, purchase method, product type, etc. 

We track Product Sales by:

Distribution Channel

Digital or Physical 

Purchase Method

Online or Storefront

Store Strata

Retailer category (Mass Market, E-Commerce, D2C, etc.) 

Release Type and Product Format 

           Configuration (album, EP, single) and format of the item (vinyl, cassette, CD)


CONNECT offers some of these activity details as Breakout Views; others are optional filters. Refer to Activity Types for more information. 





Reporting retailers

We receive direct sales data from all major music retailers. See below for a sample of active U.S. reporters. Full provider lists are subject to change based on reporting requirements and frequency. 


For digital-only providers (Streams and Song Sales), refer to our list of DSPs.



U.S. active retailers

Product Sales and Song Sales 


Retailer
Store Strata
Product Sales
Song Sales
Online
Storefront
Amazon
E-Commerce
X
X
X

Amoeba Music
Independent
X


X
Bandcamp
D2C
X
X
X

Barnes & Noble
Mass Market
X

X
X
Beatport
E-Commerce
X
X
X

Best Buy
Mass Market
X

X
X
Bull Moose
Independent
X


X
Famehouse
D2C
X
X
X

Music Millennium
Independent
X

X
X
Newbury Comics
Independent
X

X
X
Reckless Records
Independent
X


X
Single Music
D2C
X
X
X

Super D
E-Commerce
X

X

Target
Mass Market
X

X
X
Trans World
Mass Market
X


X
Urban Outfitters
Non-Traditional
X

X
X
Walmart
Mass Market
X

X
X
Warner Music Group
D2C
X
X
X

Waterloo Records
Independent
X

X
X
Zia Records
Independent
X

X
X

Providers listed alphabetically  



This list is representative, not exhaustive. Some stores report only a few sales or don’t report consistently. If you have questions about a retailer not listed, check providers in CONNECT (see below) or contact us.



Additional data sources 

Most reporting retailers send data directly to Luminate via secure file transfer. However, we receive some sales information from other data partners. We get venue sales data from atVenu and aggregated independent retail data from StreetPulse. We also model a remainder of indie sales from non-reporting stores. Read more in our FAQs.






See retail providers in CONNECT

Access to provider data (retailers and/or DSPs) depends on your subscription type and account permissions. Ask your Luminate account representative for details. 


Dashboards: Activity by Provider

Set Activity Type:Product Sales, then scroll to Activity by Provider and opt for a Grid View to see a list of reporting retailers.


Analysis: Providers 

Set Activity Type:Product Sales, then choose the PROVIDERS tab. Open Data Controls and go to Activity Options > Product Sales to filter retail activity on any Analysis tab. 


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